the mindfulness studio

Mary Ann Christie Burnside, Ed.D. created the mindfulness studio to share skillful teachings and practices in ways that reflect and balance modern life. Mary Ann welcomes adults, children, parents, teens, couples and families in the studio.

Why mindfulness? As you probably know, life is a glorious mess. We usually make it worse by struggling against what is or by striving for things to be other than they are. The good news is things are often more workable than they seem, and we are capable of more than we think. Mindfulness is a kind of skillfulness we practice, over and over, to become more at ease with things are they are. It’s a quality of attention and habits of mind, speech and behavior that cultivate this attention, leading to insight, well-being and real happiness.